Patents by Inventor Naoyuki Okamura
Naoyuki Okamura has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11923220Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes: a processing chamber; a substrate holder that is disposed in the processing chamber and holds a substrate; a processing liquid supply that supplies a processing liquid to the substrate held in the substrate holder; an infrared camera that acquires an infrared image of the processing chamber; and a controller that detects at least a state of the processing liquid based on the infrared image and monitors presence/absence of an abnormality.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2019Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Naoyuki Okamura, Hirotaka Maruyama
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Publication number: 20210043482Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes: a processing chamber; a substrate holder that is disposed in the processing chamber and holds a substrate; a processing liquid supply that supplies a processing liquid to the substrate held in the substrate holder; an infrared camera that acquires an infrared image of the processing chamber; and a controller that detects at least a state of the processing liquid based on the infrared image and monitors presence/absence of an abnormality.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2019Publication date: February 11, 2021Inventors: Naoyuki OKAMURA, Hirotaka MARUYAMA
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Patent number: 10256163Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a method for treating a microelectronic substrate with dilute TMAH. In the method, a microelectronic substrate is received into a process chamber, the microelectronic substrate having a layer, feature or structure of silicon. A treatment solution is applied to the microelectronic substrate to etch the silicon, where the treatment solution includes a dilution solution and TMAH. A controlled oxygen content is provided in the treatment solution or in an environment in the process chamber to achieve a target etch selectivity of the silicon, or a target etch uniformity across the layer, feature or structure of silicon, or both by the treatment solution.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2016Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Wallace P. Printz, Shuhei Takahashi, Naoyuki Okamura, Masami Yamashita, Derek W. Bassett, Antonio Luis Pacheco Rotondaro
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Publication number: 20170141005Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a method for treating a microelectronic substrate with dilute TMAH. In the method, a microelectronic substrate is received into a process chamber, the microelectronic substrate having a layer, feature or structure of silicon. A treatment solution is applied to the microelectronic substrate to etch the silicon, where the treatment solution includes a dilution solution and TMAH. A controlled oxygen content is provided in the treatment solution or in an environment in the process chamber to achieve a target etch selectivity of the silicon, or a target etch uniformity across the layer, feature or structure of silicon, or both by the treatment solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2016Publication date: May 18, 2017Inventors: Wallace P. Printz, Shuhei Takahashi, Naoyuki Okamura, Masami Yamashita, Derek W. Bassett, Antonio Luis Pacheco Rotondaro
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Patent number: 9627192Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate processing apparatus (a substrate processing method, and a computer readable storage medium having a substrate processing program stored therein) of cleaning an etched substrate with a polymer removing liquid, in which any of isopropyl alcohol vapor, water vapor, deionized water and isopropyl alcohol, ammonia water, and ammonia water and isopropyl alcohol is supplied to the substrate before the substrate is cleaned with the polymer removing liquid.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2015Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Naoyuki Okamura, Kazuki Kosai, Kazuhiro Teraoka, Fumihiro Kamimura
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Patent number: 9598969Abstract: A turbine according to an embodiment includes: a formation object member; a facing member; and a seal part. A formation object member is one of a static part and a rotation part. A facing member is the other of the static part and the rotation part. A seal part at the formation object member is configured to reduce combustion gas leaking between the formation object member and the facing member. The seal part including a ceramics layer. The ceramics layer has a heat conductivity lower than that of the formation object member, and has a concave and convex shape at a surface thereof. The ceramics layer is not in contact with the facing member, or has hardness higher than that of the facing member so that the facing member is preferentially abraded when the facing member and the ceramics layer are in contact with each other.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2013Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Kunihiko Wada, Satoru Kuboya, Daizo Saito, Hideyuki Maeda, Nobuhiro Okizono, Iwataro Sato, Kazutaka Tsuruta, Naoyuki Okamura
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Patent number: 9488051Abstract: A single-flow turbine using CO2 as a working fluid. The turbine includes a balance piston portion configured to optimize an axial load of a rotor on a bearing with a fluid having a temperature lower than a temperature of the working fluid introduced into the turbine, wherein a flow path in which at least a part of the fluid passing through the balance piston portion is extracted from a middle part of the passing, and in which at least a part of the extracted fluid is urged to flow to a middle part of a passage where the working fluid passes and where rotor blades at a plurality of stages are provided, is formed at the turbine.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2013Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Hideyuki Maeda, Tsuguhisa Tashima, Shogo Iwai, Nobuhiro Okizono, Iwataro Sato, Kazutaka Tsuruta, Naoyuki Okamura
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Patent number: 9399949Abstract: In one embodiment, a turbine using CO2 includes moving blades, stator blades, a working fluid transport flow path, a coolant transport flow path, and a coolant recovery flow path. The stator blades constitute turbine stages together with the moving blades. The working fluid transport flow path is configured to transport the working fluid sequentially to the turbine stages. The coolant transport flow path is configured to transport the coolant by allowing the coolant to sequentially pass through the inside of the stator blades from an upstream to a downstream of the working fluid. The coolant recovery flow path is configured to recover the coolant passing through the inside of the stator blade at a predetermined turbine stage and merge the recovered coolant with the working fluid transport flow path at a turbine stage on an upstream side of the predetermined turbine stage.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2013Date of Patent: July 26, 2016Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Naoyuki Okamura, Nobuhiro Okizono, Iwataro Sato, Kazutaka Tsuruta, Akihiro Onoda
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Publication number: 20160027635Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate processing apparatus (a substrate processing method, and a computer readable storage medium having a substrate processing program stored therein) of cleaning an etched substrate with a polymer removing liquid, in which any of isopropyl alcohol vapor, water vapor, deionized water and isopropyl alcohol, ammonia water, and ammonia water and isopropyl alcohol is supplied to the substrate before the substrate is cleaned with the polymer removing liquid.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2015Publication date: January 28, 2016Inventors: Naoyuki Okamura, Kazuki Kosai, Kazuhiro Teraoka, Fumihiro Kamimura
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Patent number: 9224624Abstract: A liquid processing method is provided for performing a liquid process on a front surface of a substrate by using a processing solution and then performing a rinse process on the front surface of the substrate by using a rinse solution having a temperature lower than a temperature of the processing solution. The method includes performing an intermediate process between the liquid process and the rinse process, for adjusting a temperature of the front surface of the substrate to a temperature higher than the temperature of the rinse solution and lower than the temperature of the processing solution. In the intermediate process, an intermediate processing solution having a temperature higher than the temperature of the rinse solution and lower than the temperature of the processing solution is supplied only to a rear surface of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2014Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Takao Inada, Naoyuki Okamura, Hidetsugu Yano, Yosuke Hachiya
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Publication number: 20150107631Abstract: A liquid processing method is provided for performing a liquid process on a front surface of a substrate by using a processing solution and then performing a rinse process on the front surface of the substrate by using a rinse solution having a temperature lower than a temperature of the processing solution. The method includes performing an intermediate process between the liquid process and the rinse process, for adjusting a temperature of the front surface of the substrate to a temperature higher than the temperature of the rinse solution and lower than the temperature of the processing solution. In the intermediate process, an intermediate processing solution having a temperature higher than the temperature of the rinse solution and lower than the temperature of the processing solution is supplied only to a rear surface of the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2014Publication date: April 23, 2015Inventors: Takao Inada, Naoyuki Okamura, Hidetsugu Yano, Yosuke Hachiya
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Patent number: 8951359Abstract: There is provided a liquid processing method for performing a liquid process on a front surface of a substrate by using a processing solution and then performing a rinse process on the front surface of the substrate by using a rinse solution having a temperature lower than a temperature of the processing solution. The liquid processing method includes performing an intermediate process between the liquid process and the rinse process, for adjusting a temperature of the front surface of the substrate to a temperature higher than the temperature of the rinse solution and lower than the temperature of the processing solution.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2011Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Takao Inada, Naoyuki Okamura, Hidetsugu Yano, Yosuke Hachiya
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Patent number: 8906165Abstract: In a substrate processing method according to the present invention, a substrate is first processed using a chemical liquid. Next, the substrate is rinsed by supplying a rinsing liquid thereto while the substrate is being rotated. Thereafter, the substrate is dried while the substrate is being rotated. The drying of the substrate includes reducing a rotating speed of the substrate to a first rotating speed lower than that of the substrate during the rinsing of the substrate, while supplying the rinsing liquid to a central portion of the substrate; moving, from the central portion of the substrate toward a peripheral edge portion thereof, a rinsing liquid supply position to which the rinsing liquid is supplied, after the rotating speed of the substrate has been reduced to the first rotating speed; and supplying a drying liquid to the substrate, after the rinsing liquid supply position has been moved.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2011Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Teruomi Minami, Naoyuki Okamura, Hirotaka Maruyama, Yosuke Kawabuchi
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Publication number: 20140023478Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a single-flow turbine using CO2 as a working fluid. The turbine includes a balance piston portion configured to optimize an axial load of a rotor on a bearing with a fluid having a temperature lower than a temperature of the working fluid introduced into the turbine, wherein a flow path in which at least a part of the fluid passing through the balance piston portion is extracted from a middle part of the passing, and in which at least a part of the extracted fluid is urged to flow to a middle part of a passage where the working fluid passes and where rotor blades at a plurality of stages are provided, is formed at the turbine.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Hideyuki MAEDA, Tsuguhisa Tashima, Shogo Iwai, Nobuhiro Okizono, Iwataro Sato, Kazutaka Tsuruta, Naoyuki Okamura
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Publication number: 20140023482Abstract: A turbine according to an embodiment includes: a formation object member; a facing member; and a seal part. A formation object member is one of a static part and a rotation part. A facing member is the other of the static part and the rotation part. A seal part at the formation object member is configured to reduce combustion gas leaking between the formation object member and the facing member. The seal part including a ceramics layer. The ceramics layer has a heat conductivity lower than that of the formation object member, and has a concave and convex shape at a surface thereof. The ceramics layer is not in contact with the facing member, or has hardness higher than that of the facing member so that the facing member is preferentially abraded when the facing member and the ceramics layer are in contact with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Inventors: Kunihiko Wada, Satoru Kuboya, Daizo Saito, Hideyuki Maeda, Nobuhiro Okizono, Iwataro Sato, Kazutaka Tsuruta, Naoyuki Okamura
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Publication number: 20140020402Abstract: In one embodiment, a turbine using CO2 includes moving blades, stator blades, a working fluid transport flow path, a coolant transport flow path, and a coolant recovery flow path. The stator blades constitute turbine stages together with the moving blades. The working fluid transport flow path is configured to transport the working fluid sequentially to the turbine stages. The coolant transport flow path is configured to transport the coolant by allowing the coolant to sequentially pass through the inside of the stator blades from an upstream to a downstream of the working fluid. The coolant recovery flow path is configured to recover the coolant passing through the inside of the stator blade at a predetermined turbine stage and merge the recovered coolant with the working fluid transport flow path at a turbine stage on an upstream side of the predetermined turbine stage.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Naoyuki OKAMURA, Nobuhiro OKIZONO, Iwataro SATO, Kazutaka TSURUTA, Akihiro ONODA
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Patent number: 8545640Abstract: In a substrate processing method according to the present invention, a cleaning liquid nozzle supplies a rinsing liquid to a central portion of a substrate and thereafter moves from a position corresponding to the central portion of the substrate to a position corresponding to a peripheral, edge portion thereof while supplying the rinsing liquid before stopping at the position corresponding to the peripheral edge portion. Next, a drying liquid nozzle moves from the position corresponding to the peripheral edge portion to the position corresponding to the central portion while supplying a drying liquid. Then, the drying liquid nozzle is kept stationary at the position corresponding to the central portion for a predetermined period of time while supplying the drying liquid. Thereafter, a gas nozzle moves from the position corresponding to the central portion to the position corresponding to the peripheral edge portion while supplying an inert gas.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2011Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Teruomi Minami, Naoyuki Okamura, Yosuke Kawabuchi
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Publication number: 20110315169Abstract: In a substrate processing method according to the present invention, a cleaning liquid nozzle supplies a rinsing liquid to a central portion of a substrate and thereafter moves from a position corresponding to the central portion of the substrate to a position corresponding to a peripheral, edge portion thereof while supplying the rinsing liquid before stopping at the position corresponding to the peripheral edge portion. Next, a drying liquid nozzle moves from the position corresponding to the peripheral edge portion to the position corresponding to the central portion while supplying a drying liquid. Then, the drying liquid nozzle is kept stationary at the position corresponding to the central portion for a predetermined period of time while supplying the drying liquid. Thereafter, a gas nozzle moves from the position corresponding to the central portion to the position corresponding to the peripheral edge portion while supplying an inert gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2011Publication date: December 29, 2011Applicant: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Teruomi MINAMI, Naoyuki Okamura, Yosuke Kawabuchi
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Publication number: 20110308549Abstract: In a substrate processing method according to the present invention, a substrate is first processed using a chemical liquid. Next, the substrate is rinsed by supplying a rinsing liquid thereto while the substrate is being rotated. Thereafter, the substrate is dried while the substrate is being rotated. The drying of the substrate includes reducing a rotating speed of the substrate to a first rotating speed lower than that of the substrate during the rinsing of the substrate, while supplying the rinsing liquid to a central portion of the substrate; moving, from the central portion of the substrate toward a peripheral edge portion thereof, a rinsing liquid supply position to which the rinsing liquid is supplied, after the rotating speed of the substrate has been reduced to the first rotating speed; and supplying a drying liquid to the substrate, after the rinsing liquid supply position has been moved.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2011Publication date: December 22, 2011Applicant: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Teruomi MINAMI, Naoyuki Okamura, Hirotaka Maruyama, Yosuke Kawabuchi
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Publication number: 20110277793Abstract: There is provided a liquid processing method for performing a liquid process on a front surface of a substrate by using a processing solution and then performing a rinse process on the front surface of the substrate by using a rinse solution having a temperature lower than a temperature of the processing solution. The liquid processing method includes performing an intermediate process between the liquid process and the rinse process, for adjusting a temperature of the front surface of the substrate to a temperature higher than the temperature of the rinse solution and lower than the temperature of the processing solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2011Publication date: November 17, 2011Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Takao Inada, Naoyuki Okamura, Hidetsugu Yano, Yosuke Hachiya